- Freerice
A website that allows anyone to practice vocabulary while also providing rice to people in need of food. It supplies a word and asks the user to choose its synonym from a list that follows. It also offers other content areas, grammar for example - all while supporting a good cause. - Quizlet
The “Quizlet” website allows students to practice vocabulary and grammar as well as learn about many different areas of study through quizzes and short answer questions. - JogNog
A free test-preparation website that provides a library of videos and quizzes mapped to state academic standards. It contains practice quizzes on a range of academic areas as well as an extensive literature section, a section on developing vocabulary for the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and other test prep activities. - Newsela
A free daily online newspaper for students that contains selected, high interest news stories. This website allows students to choose their own reading level for each article. After each article there are comprehension and writing activities for practice - Positioning teachers, positioning learners
Why we should stop using the term English learners. TESOL Journal. - Lingual
Lingual allows students to learn English through media. - Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary allows students to learn new words and their pronunciations and definitions. - U.S. College Terminology
Use this glossary of common college terminology to help you decipher what your US college advisers, professors and classmates are saying.
- BBC Bitesize
This is the BBC website for GCSE (British A-level exam) preparation. There are texts in all subject areas along with comprehension questions and suggested answers. The majority of the questions require open responses, which is great practice for getting ready for college classes at UMass Lowell. - NYT Landing Page for Learners
The New York Times provides a section for teaching and learning. There are articles, questions, writing prompts and more for students to practice with as well as lesson plans for several different subjects. - Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant provides students with tips on structure, sentence formulation, spelling, grammar and more.
- ESL Gold
Contains a variety of grammar lessons and explanations. - Grammar Exercises
Although it has ads, this website has excellent exercises with answer keys – great for self-directed study. - English Club
Another grammar exercise site with excellent explanations. - The MacMillan Thesaurus
Unlike most thesauri, this one offers definitions of all synonyms, thus making it easier to select the correct word. - Onelook Dictionary
Shows the entries in multiple dictionaries (so you can choose the one that works best for you); it also organizes the hits by discipline - Howjsay
A great pronunciation tool that will play recordings of variations in pronunciation of the same word (for example, New Zealand vs. the UK, or Midwestern US vs Northeastern US) - An Advanced Grammar Book for ESL students
- teachthought
- Purdue OWL-Multilingual resources
- Purdue OWL-Multilingual exercises